Midwest City police confirmed on Thursday they are investigating an Instagram page containing graphic photos.

KOCO 5 News learned of the account from a viewer tip, and turned over screen shots of the site, taken before the page was deleted, to investigators.

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Students at Midwest City High School said the page contained pornographic images of freshmen students.

“We had a concerned citizen who contacted the Police Department regarding some possible inappropriate pictures that had been spread through a social media site by some of our local students here in the community,” said Midwest City police Major Bob Cornelison. “It could be classified as child, you know, porn.”

Police are in the early stages of their investigation, but said they are taking the allegations seriously.

“We have not had the opportunity to interview any possible victims. We don't even know who they are yet. We don't even know who our possible suspects, if we have any, are yet, so it's a new ongoing investigation,” Cornelison said.

Once he saw the images for himself, he said he knew he could not stay silent.

“I just heard that it was a bunch of guys posting pictures of a bunch of girls that I guess they sent the guys pictures and they were posting them online you know making fun of them and stuff like that,” the student said.

He Googled “how to report child porn,” and filed a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“I don't know any of these girls personally but other people do, and it made me think, ‘What if it was my sister or another friend of mine? I would want someone else to take action,’” he said.

Police praised the student for speaking out.

“This could be a very uncomfortable position that they could be in, this could be embarrassing for the people involved, and it does take a lot of nerve for somebody to step up and blow the whistle but I would say that's the right thing to do,” Cornelison said.

“Just because you're not involved personally doesn't mean you shouldn't do something about it,” the student said.